Why did Visalia's College of the Sequoias cancel classes for the day?

VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Classes person been suspended and evacuation orders were issued pursuing a "potential threat" successful Visalia's College of the Sequoias which officials accidental is not a menace anymore.

Officials with the assemblage accidental they were notified connected Tuesday evening by the Tulare County Sheriff's Office that they had received announcement from an extracurricular bureau of a imaginable threat.

Following the notices, officials accidental they promptly evacuated the Visalia field astatine astir 5:30 p.m. with the assistance of the Visalia Police Department. By 6:30 p.m., and aft a passim assessment, authorities confirmed the field was "clear of immoderate progressive threat."

As a precautionary measure, however, officials with the assemblage said the Visalia field volition stay closed for the remainder of the evening and classes volition beryllium canceled. The assemblage volition resume concern hours and people docket connected Wednesday.